Mantra 1

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अरातिनाशनम्। १ विराड्गर्भा प्रस्तारपङ्क्तिः, ४ पथ्याबृहती, ६ प्रस्तारपङ्क्तिः। आ नो भर मा परि ष्ठा अराते मा नो रक्षीर्दक्षिणां नीयमानाम्। नमो वीर्त्साया असमृद्धये नमो अस्त्वरातये

IAST Transliteration

ā́ no bhara má pari ṣṭhā arā́te má no rakṣīr dákṣiṇāṃ nīyámānām | námo vīrtsā́ya ásamṛddhaye námo astv arā́taye

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Bring hither to us (our good); stand not about us, O Arāti; assail us not when the priestly fee is being led away. Homage to Vīrtsā, to ill-success; homage be to Arāti.

Translation

Bawalah kemari kepada kami (kebaikan kami); jangan mengitari kami, wahai Arāti; jangan menyerang kami ketika upah-imam (dakṣiṇā) sedang dibawa pergi. Hormat kepada Vīrtsā, kepada ketidakberhasilan; hormatlah bagi Arāti.

Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / ā (preverb)

• नः: of us; our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (possessive/genitival)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• भर: bring!
• भर: कर्म-प्रवर्तक क्रिया (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भृ (भरणे)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध)

• परि: around; about
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• स्था: stand; remain
• स्था: कर्म-प्रवर्तक क्रिया (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (तिष्ठति)

• अराते: O mischief/hostility (Arāti)!
• अराते: सम्बोधन (addressed entity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराति- (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध)

• नः: us
• नः: कर्म (object)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• रक्षीः: protect (for yourself)/guard; (here) ‘do not guard/keep’
• रक्षीः: कर्म-प्रवर्तक क्रिया (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रक्ष् (रक्षणे)

• दक्षिणाम्: the fee/gift (dakṣiṇā)
• दक्षिणाम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा- (प्रातिपदिक)

• नीयमानाम्: of those being led/being conducted (away)
• नीयमानाम्: सम्बन्ध/विशेषण (genitival/qualifying)
• Type: Participle (Adjective) / Kṛdanta
• Root: √नी (नयने) + यम (कर्मणि वर्तमान) → नीयमान- (present passive participle)

• नमः: obeisance; homage
• नमः: कर्म/भाव (obeisance as offering)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• वीर्त्साय: to Vīrtsā (a hostile force/assailant)
• वीर्त्साय: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्त्सा- (प्रातिपदिक; personified/abstract ‘hostile power/assailant’)

• असमृद्धये: for non-prosperity; for thwarting success
• असमृद्धये: सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन (purpose/recipient)
• Type: Noun (Abstract)
• Root: अ-समृद्धि- (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: obeisance; homage
• नमः: कर्म/भाव (obeisance as offering)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्- (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तु: let there be; may it be
• अस्तु: विधेय क्रिया (predicative verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भुवि)

• अरातये: to Arāti (mischief/hostility)
• अरातये: सम्प्रदान (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराति- (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Arāti (personified misfortune/hostility) and Asamṛddhi; addressed for pacification/repulsion

Chandas: Mixed; hymn-note in input indicates Virāḍgarbhā/Prastārapaṅkti/Pathyābṛhatī across verses (this verse commonly treated within that metrical complex)

Mantra Rasa

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